Chapter 756: Lighter Plan

Since the problem has been found, a solution can always be found, without Yang Yuanzhao's urging, after the staff deduced these two points, they also began to look for a solution, and they really found it, but the result made Yang Yuanzhao cry and laugh, the solution is to rely on the Air Force, to be precise, the Air Force has just expanded from a single engine to a double engine on the basis of the Northwest No. 2, and improved part of the structure, after building a large bomber, which can carry a weight of about 3 tons.

In the face of this solution, Yang Yuanzhao also couldn't laugh or cry, but it gave him some inspiration, and he began to prepare secretly, for the fortress, the biggest attack weapon is heavy artillery, in historical facts, Germany is using a giant mortar called "plump shell yarn", this caliber in the 420 mm mortar cannon, the shell has a ton of weight, and the ability to attack is extremely strong, it is this cannon that broke the scorching sun fortress.

However, such a caliber, the main guns of battleships are almost the same, as an army cannon, it is too heavy, it took 6 days to transport from Germany to the fortress of Liège, and in the Schlieffen plan, Belgium was almost undefended, and a total of 10 days or so was lost.

In the movement war, let alone 10 days, half a day, is enough to kill, France is not a small country, has a complete command system, army system and transportation system, 10 days of time, enough time for the French to build a strong defense system on the Marne, if it were not for the initial French army also made mistakes, mechanically implemented the No. 17 battle plan against the German army, maybe Germany in the Schlieffen plan, directly will go bankrupt.

Rao is so. The second loophole was also exposed during the First Battle of the Marne. There is no heavy artillery, and the logistics supply is unfavorable. The German army was 15 kilometers away from Paris, it was already at the end of the crossbow, the tired soldiers, the logistics supply was extremely insufficient, the lack of the ability to attack the fortifications, and the ability to fight a tough battle, finally ended the Schlieffen plan, the desire to defeat France quickly was bankrupt, and the Battle of the Marne turned Britain and France into victory. Inflicting huge casualties on Germany, a large-scale stalemate was formed on the Western Front.

The problem of logistics, in this era, is not easy to solve, it can be done without taking into account the terrain, without relying on the method of supply by road and railway, which can be done in the Northwest, but is not suitable for large-scale help to Germany, armored forces and air force. It is the biggest hole card and killer feature in the Northwest at present, and it is inconvenient to release it for the time being, at most to support a part of the truck, which is this. In the support for Germany that followed, part of the funds for the purchase of Jiaozhou Bay were replaced by ordinary 1.5-ton trucks. A total of 2,000 vehicles, which is enough to bring Germany's logistics to a higher level. As for the Scorching Sun Fortress, Yang Yuanzhao relied on the General Staff. The way that comes to mind is bombing.

Airplanes are definitely impossible, but airships can, when the German army was blocked in the Scorching Sun Fortress, they also thought of using airships, at that time only dropped 13 bombs, injuring 9 people, not that the load capacity of the airship is not enough, the load capacity of the Zeppelin airship is tens of tons, far larger than the load of the aircraft, the real reason why the lethality is small is that Germany has not yet produced special aerial bombs, they put ordinary small bombs in the Scorching Sun Fortress, Just like it was used during the war between the Northwest and Russia, it was useful for unprotected infantry on the move, and it was a bit of a jam for a huge reinforced concrete fortress with heavy artillery to defend itself.

The northwest is different, after the war against Russia, this was discovered, specifically for airships with a huge carrying capacity, The maximum weight of 1.5 tons, with a metal body, precise setting, with a special aerial bomb with an aiming device, in a fixed position, the hit rate for fixed targets is quite high, and the charge is as high as 1200 kilograms of bombs, not to mention the ordinary fortresses of World War I, for some permanent fortresses of World War II have huge lethality, as long as these aerial bombs are transported to Germany, for the battery of the Scorching Sun Fortress, is not a game of targeted killing.

During this time, taking advantage of the stall of transporting materials to Germany, the Northwest secretly sent 1,200 bombs of more than 1,000 kilograms to Germany, as well as 24 Jumbo-class airships, these things have been eliminated in the Northwest, and under the actual situation that the aircraft is gradually becoming stronger, especially a plane with tens of thousands of planes can easily shoot down a million airships, the elimination of airships is almost inevitable.

For the Northwest, the strong air force has completely withdrawn the airship, for the European sky, the airship still has enough effect, the aircraft of this era, or reconnaissance purposes, at most is a two-seater aircraft, with a carbine shooter in the back, fly close and then fight, these slower aircraft, shooting also relies on the shooter, the airship is well protected, for example, machine guns are hoisted everywhere in the airship, armed to the teeth, for the time being, there is still quite a considerable ability to defend itself, The airship has also changed from a means of transport to a direct combat bomber, when high-precision, high-power aerial bombs appear, the airship for the ground bombing under the premise of increasing the air combat, the air combat will undergo incredible changes.

Yang Yuanzhao didn't know what kind of situation his promotion would make the air warfare in this era go to, the Scorching Sun Fortress and the future Battle of the Marne, under the situation that the ability to attack the fortifications would no longer be a problem restricting Germany, the Schlieffen plan was probably very likely to succeed, at least it might directly attack Paris, rather than forming a stalemate on the Marne.

Europe in this era, because of Yang Yuanzhao's intervention, Germany's preparations, far more than in history, not only more than a year in advance, prepared a large number of war materials, but also in the previous rubber, cotton crisis, made a windfall, of course, the redemption of Jiaozhou Bay is also an important aspect, not only in vain with a fleet of 9 strong capital ships, but also obtained a large number of materials, which makes Germany a lot more confident, it can be said that Germany is now ready for war, It's just a kick in the door, the Schlieffen plan is a loophole, the German staff is not all clear, but it is also known, but the outbreak of World War I is particularly sudden, within a short period of time, the two systems are involved in the war, in the absence of a better plan premise, Germany forcibly opened the Schlieffen plan, now, there is a more perfect, and solve a lot of problems and concerns of the plan, in front of him, against the old enemy France, he will not be moved.

As for the excuse for the war, it is easier to find, the first war in history was opened because of the Balkans, and now it is better to find him, where is it originally a European powder keg, just light a fire, and the conditions will be there.

Yang Yuanzhao looked at the people in the conference room, and let out a long sigh, it seems that he will eventually return to this issue, the northwest has been preparing for this battle for too long, even far better than when he crossed in 1908, the current northwest has been prepared for a qiē, and it is not unacceptable to break out in advance, and many plans to shrink back can be carried out with great fanfare.

After careful consideration, Yang Yuanzhao finally decided, and directly set his eyes on Shi Lei, the director of the intelligence bureau, and said calmly: "Four stones, start the lighter plan!" ”

Shi Lei was stunned for a moment, the lighter plan, the current northwest, only he and Yang Yuanzhao know, in Europe, only the German ambassador knows, some other people only know partially, and even keep it in the dark, this is a terrible plan, his implementation, will directly provoke a war, when Yang Yuanzhao found him, when he prepared this plan, he was still thinking, how could it be possible, provoke the two groups to go to war, this is also crazy, it was still 1912, the situation in the Balkans has not deteriorated to the current situation, But in the end, with the passage of time, Yang Yuanzhao was like a first, foreseeing many major events that would happen later, and even now, Shi Lei also felt that a large-scale war in Europe was inevitable, and the lighter plan was very likely to be realized, but he did not expect that in the case of a crisis in the South Seas, Yang Yuanzhao would use this plan.

Obedience to Mr. is Shi Lei's habit, after being stunned for a moment, he immediately stood up, saluted Yang Yuanzhao, and called all the personnel of the Ministry of Intelligence away, this plan, because it is too shocking, so it is only known in a small range, but they have touched this plan a few times, and different plans have been formed, once it is opened, it is not a simple order, the follow-up system and process are much more complicated, and he needs to immediately let the European Department of the Ministry of Intelligence operate.

Yang Yuanzhao's order, for the people in the conference room, a little foggy, in the end, it was Liu Shu who broke the deadlock and took the initiative to ask what this lighter plan was, all of the people present were high-level people in the northwest, all of them were Yang Yuanzhao's trustworthy, after the lighter plan was opened, their secrecy level was enough, Yang Yuanzhao did not hesitate, and directly explained this plan and the plate.

As soon as Yang Yuanzhao opened his mouth, he felt a little earth-shattering, this is still solving the Nanyang crisis, thinking about how to make millions of Chinese in Southeast Asia can follow their own path under the attention of Britain and other colonial powers, Yang Yuanzhao over there is already ready to detonate the world war, what the Entente and the Allies represent, everyone knows that Britain, France and Russia on one side, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Italy on the other side are all the world's largest living powers, and it is so easy to cause war.

Yang Yuanzhao didn't say much about how it was triggered, and directly gave an order with certainty, when the Entente and the Allies went to war within 10 days, and Britain may not know the situation in Borneo until 10 days or even 15 days later, how should Nanyang do it, in order to obtain the greatest benefits, and deduce the most suitable solution to the problem under the framework of this problem. (To be continued......)